The last two decades have witnessed massive highway infrastructure development in the country, primarily undertaken under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) programme, which was started in 1998.

"We are due to see a surge in construction rates in India as it overtakes Japan to become the world's third largest construction market by 2021," says Graham Robinson, Executive Director, Global Construction Perspectives.

It was introduced as the 29th state of India in 2014. And in 2017-18, Telangana's GSDP (gross state domestic product), at current prices, stood at Rs 7,326.57 billion (a growth rate of 14.1 per cent) compared to the all India GDP at Rs 167,516.88 billion (a growth rate of 9.8 per cent).

Sandeep Garg, Managing Director & CEO, Welspun Enterprises, has all reasons to pride. His company recently commissioned Package-I of the country's much awaited controlled-access expressway, the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, in a record 16 months.

One, we have come out with our industrial policy, where some features are unique compared to any other policy in the country; we are the only state in the country that follows the self-certification system.